Mia lives with alopecia totalis, a form of alopecia areata. In this chapter of The Baldcast, Dr. Sanusi Umar makes space for a childhood surprise as Mia opens a gift and discovers plans for a visit to Disneyland. A Minnie Mouse Gift With Another Surprise Inside The moment begins with
After eight years with dissecting cellulitis, Kevin is thinking about more than what he has lived through. In Chapter 20 of The Bumpinator, he reflects on the strength it took to face his condition and speaks about the life he wants to build next. Looking Back at Eight Years Kevin
A fixed donor-area map cannot tell the whole story. Dr. Sanusi Umar explains how a close-clipping assessment can help match hair transplant donor boundaries to each person’s actual hair pattern. Two patients can have very different hair thinning patterns even when a traditional map marks the same general donor area.
Dr. Sanusi Umar explains why donor boundaries should be based on the individual scalp, not only on a traditional diagram. A hair transplant begins with a question that a standard map cannot fully answer: which areas of this particular scalp are appropriate for donor harvesting? In this short video, Dr.
Juan and his wife had been together for eight years, but she had never seen the photos of his acne keloidalis nuchae. In this chapter of The Bumpinator, their conversation reveals how carefully Juan had kept the condition private and why he had been reluctant to let her see it.
A viewer asks Dr. Sanusi Umar what makes up the tissue removed during acne keloidalis nuchae surgery and whether the condition can return. His answer addresses both the composition of an AKN lump and Anwar’s follow-up. When a lump has been surgically removed, two questions often remain: What was inside
Dr. Eleojo Achimugu is a doctor, but that did not make her own experience with lichen planopilaris any less uncertain. In this chapter of The Baldcast, she tells Dr. Sanusi Umar how worsening scalp symptoms led her to search urgently for someone with specialist knowledge of hair. Waiting for the
For Marcus, living with acne keloidalis nuchae has shaped something as ordinary as stepping outside. As he talks with Dr. Sanusi Umar about a possible treatment approach, he describes a simple hope: feeling comfortable enough to go out without a hat. A Treatment Conversation With Room for Uncertainty Dr. Umar
